Harvard University

Career Highs

Goals: N/A
Assists: 1 (2x, Last vs. Princeton, 11/3/23) 
Points: 1 (2x, Last vs. Princeton, 11/3/23) 

2024 • Junior

Academic All-Ivy League … Played in all 16 games, starting in all of them … Played every minute of every match for the Crimson this season … The only Ivy League field player to play every minute of every match … was the rock of Harvard’s defensive unit in 2024 … Started and played the full 90 minutes at center back in the shutout win over Marshall (Aug. 26) … Helped shut down UMass (Aug. 29), playing all 90 minutes on the backline in the scoreless draw … Played the full 90 minutes against Northeastern (Sep. 2), helping Harvard post a 4-0 result in a dominant effort …. Started and played the full 90 minutes in the shutout win over Boston University (Sep. 5) … Started and helped the Crimson tie the No. 20 Pepperdine Waves, 1-1 (Sep. 8) … The team’s 441-minute scoreless streak was snapped but was still the second longest run to begin a season in program history … Played the full 90 at center back in the team’s victory over Milwaukee (Sep. 12) … Helped hold off Northwester, playing 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw against the Wildcats (Sep. 15) … Played the full 90 in the draw against No. 10 Santa Clara … Started and did not come off the field in the matches against Brown (Sep. 28) and Columbia (Oct. 5) … Played all 90 minutes in the draw at Dartmouth (Oct. 9) … Helped Harvard shutout Cornell (Oct. 13) … Played all 90 minutes in the match at Princeton (Oct .19) … Played all 90 minutes to help the Crimson shutout Penn (Oct. 26) … Started and played the full 90 minutes in the crucial win over Yale (Nov. 2) to help Harvard clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament … Played the full 90 and took one shot in the Ivy League Tournament match at Princeton (Nov. 8).

2023 • Sophomore

Played in and started all 19 games for the Crimson this season ... Led the team with 1,653 minutes played, missing only 57 minutes all season ... Played primarily in the center back position ... Contributed to a Harvard defense that allowed the third-fewest shots on goal in the nation ... Logged two assists to contribute offensively ... Started and played the full 90 minutes in the team’s season opening win at Fairfield (Aug. 25) … Made the start and played the full game in Harvard’s 2-1 win over UConn (Aug. 27) … Started and played the full 90 minutes against Long Beach State (Sep. 1) … Played the full 90 against Pepperdine (Sep. 1) and made a series of key defensive plays to help the Crimson secure a 1-1 draw (Sep. 3) … Started and played a game-high 82 minutes for the Crimson in the win over Syracuse (Sep. 7) … Started and played 90 minutes against NC State (Sep. 10) helping the Crimson lockdown the Wolfpack offense and not allowing a single shot on goal … Notched her first career point with an assist on her sister, Smith’s, first career goal against Samford (Sep. 14) … Played all 90 minutes and recorded a shot on goal against St. John’s (Sep. 17) … Started and played all 90 minutes against Brown (Sep. 23) … Helped shut down the Columbia (Sep. 30) and Dartmouth (Oct. 4) offenses as the Crimson posted back-to-back shutout wins ... Competed in the full 90 in the win over Cornell (Oct. 7) and the draw vs. Princeton (Oct. 14) ... Helped Harvard close out the regular season with convincing wins over Penn (Oct. 21) and Yale (Oct. 28) ... Dished out an assist on the game-winning goal in the Crimson's win over Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals (Nov. 3) ... Helped shut down Columbia in the Championship game in a 3-0 shutout win for Harvard (Nov. 5) ... Helped Harvard win the innaugural Ivy League Tournament Championship and secure an autoamtic bid to the NCAA Tournament ... Anchored a Crimson defense that shut out the Maine Black Bears in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 11) ... Played the full 90 minutes in the team's battle with Michigan State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 16). 
 

2022 • First-Year

Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Central Connecticut State (Aug. 26) playing 45 minutes … Logged 35-plus minutes on the pitch against Northeastern (Aug. 29) and UNC-Greensboro (Sep. 2) …  Had a strong outing in the midfield in the narrow loss to BU (Oct. 4) … Helped the Crimson hold the Terriers to only two shot attempts and also put two shots on goal in the contest … Saw the field for 24 minutes while putting a shot on goal in the team’s 5-1 win over Cornell (Oct. 8) … Appeared in the victory over Columbia in the season finale (Nov. 5) ... Helped the team earn its second straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and receive an NCAA Tournament home game for the first time since 2014 ... Appeared in the team's NCAA Tournament Second Round game against No. 13 South Carolina (Nov. 18). 
 

Before Harvard

Attended U.S. Soccer U15 National Team camps in 2017 and 2018 … Selected for the 2017 Region IV Interregional Tournament Team … Competed at the Region IV Regional Camp and ODP National Camp in 2017 … Helped Region IV team reach the finals in 2017 … Made the Washington State ODP 2016 Region IV All-Tournament Team, helping Region IV team win the tournament title … Competed on the club level for Seattle Reign Academy (2016-20) and Seattle United (2020-22), serving as a captain for both teams … Served as a student leader on school’s Student Equity Council and Black Student Union … Daughter of Risako Tanaka and Max Hunter … Sister, Smith, is a member of the Harvard women’s soccer Class of 2024.